What Games Should I be Playing?!?

At the moment I have an Xbox360, PS3, Gamecube and PS1 at home. I'm looking to buy some of the old consoles that I've owned and (foolishly) sold over the years... SNES, Megadrive, N64, Dreamcast, etc.. I've started putting together a list of games that I want to play for either the first time or to go through again, and was hoping you guys could help me add to the list with your gaming expertise...

As a note, you should play Metal Gear Solid 2/3 on the HD collection available for 360. They really are the best versions of those games.

Also, as for Shin Megami Tensei, I would mostly recommend Nocturne (PS2) and Strange Journey (DS) for the main series, 3&4 for the Persona spinoffs (as listed above), and the Devil Summoner spinoffs (PS2). The Digital Devil Saga games (PS2) and Devil Survivor (DS/3DS) games are worth checking out as well.

This is awesome but the first sequel is even better. You play as either of two heroes, each with their own perspective on events. After completing their playthroughs you go through the story as the villain. He winds up being the most sympathetic character in the game, once you find out why he did what he did.

Used to love that series but it really went downhill when they introduced multiplayer in Tenchu X. That one just plain sucked. What little narrative the game had was incomprehensible crap. The missions were boring and the implementation of co-op was silly. You'd go online with three other guys, at which point the whole thing would inevitably turn into a race to see who could run to the end of the level and kill the target first. It was a far cry from the methodical hunter gameplay of the originals.

Oh lol. Yeah, I misread your first post and thought you were asking us what we thought of the games you already had listed. Most of what I said there is about the sequel(s) anyway. Its full title is Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins.

I haven't included current or future games though there are some on the list

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Originally Posted by Sir Legendhead

Oh lol. Yeah, I misread your first post and thought you were asking us what we thought of the games you already had listed. Most of what I said there is about the sequel(s) anyway. Its full title is Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins.

Oh yeah also Xenogears (PS1). It and Tenchu 2 are probably like, my favorite games of all time.

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